Week of May 14th:
We started the adverb unit last Friday; we will continue to work on this unit.
Week of May 7th:
The pronoun unit test will be on Tuesday. This has been posted on the assignment board since Thursday.
Week of April 30rd:
We will continue our unit on pronouns. No tests scheduled this week.
Week of April 23rd:
We will begin unit 6 on pronouns. A subject pronoun quiz will be given Tuesday and an object pronoun quiz will be given on Thursday.
Week of April 16th:
We will be reviewing punctuation from unit 5 specifically on introductory words, nouns in direct address, quotations, abbreviations, and interjections. We will take a test over these areas on Friday.
Week of April 9th:
This week we will cover subject pronouns. Students need to memorize the pronouns that can be used as the subject of a sentence or come after a linking verb. They will take notes in class and complete a graphic organizer.
Week of April 2nd:
Unit 5 test over capitalization and punctuation is Wednesday. Review chapter 5 for the test along with your work from unit 5.
Week of March 26th:
No tests this week. We will continue our unit on punctuation.
Week of March 19th:
No tests are scheduled this week. We will begin our unit on capitalization and punctuation. This unit, for the most part, is review from previous years.
Week of March 5th:
We will use proper adjectives to create an international menu--directions will be given in class.
Week of February 27th:
We will finish up our short unit on adjectives and take the adjective unit test on Friday. This will be our last English test of the third quarter.
Week of February 20th:
We will begin our unit on adjectives.No tests scheduled but will have a quiz over comparing adjectives on Friday.
Week of February 13th
The noun unit test will be Friday. Review the rules on how to make nouns plural and possessive--the majority of the test will be on these two concepts. We will cover possessive nouns this week.
Week of February 6th
We will discuss concrete/abstract nouns and understand the rules for making nouns plural. No test are scheduled this week.
Week of January 30th
We will begin our unit on nouns. No tests scheduled this week.
Week of January 23rd:
This week we are going to work on our biopoems for Catholic Schools Week. Please bring a flashdrive on Tuesday to save your work. No tests are scheduled.
Week of January 16th:
We will continue diagramming sentences. You can review pages H73 - 75 in the English textbook.
Friday will be the test over the last part of the verb unit. It will cover pages 114 - 126. Students needs to review the irregular verb charts on pages 118 and 120; these will be the only irregular verbs on the test. Spelling of the verbs is a must in order to receive credit on the test.
Week of January 9th:
Monday and Tuesday we will work with confusing verbs such as let/leave, may/can, teach/learn, and sit/set. The end of the week we will begin diagramming using the different verbs we learn in this unit--action (direct objects), helping verbs (verb phrases, and linking verbs.
Week of January 2nd:
We will continue with irregular verbs this week along with using have with the helping verbs could, should, would, and must.
Week of December 12th:
Test over contractions will be Tuesday. We will begin irregular verbs on Thursday.
Week of December 5th
We will continue with continue with agreement with be and have and forming/spelling contractions correctly. No tests scheduled for this week.
Week of November 28th
No tests scheduled for this week. The students did an excellent job on the verb tense test with an overall average of 92! This week we will discuss subject/verb agreement, agreement with be and have, and forming/spelling contractions correctly.
Week of November 7th
We will discuss and identify present, past, and future tenses of verbs. Students need to be reviewing their notes/information from class on a daily basis in order to retain the material presented in class.
Week of October 31st
There will be a test on Friday over action verbs, direct objects, verb phrases (helping verb + main verb), and linking verbs. The students will need to review their notes (graphic organizer 3-1 and 3-2) along with pages 96- 103. The 23 helping verbs will also need to be listed. The students were quizzed on these last week. We have covered everything above except for linking verbs which we will discuss at the beginning of the week.
I handed out and went over the expectations for written work in English at the beginning of the year. Some of the expectations are as follows: neatness on written work, correct heading, title, observing margins, no torn paper/edges/paper torn out of binder, work is legible, cursive is used, copying correctly from the book, and following directions. Ten points maximum can be taken off for incorrect spelling in English. Please review your child's English work for these expectations. I will return work for a redo along with a late work deduction of points if expectations are not followed. Thank you in advance for your support at home.
